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HENRY E. NEWTON, OF MAN CHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Letters Patent No. 73,746, dated January 28, 1868.

IMPROVED BLAGKING-BRUSH.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, HENRY E. NEWTON, of Manchester, in the county of Hillsboro, and State of 4New Hampshire, have invented an Improved Blacking-Brush; and I do hereby declarethat the following, taken in connection with the drawings which accompany andlform part of this specification, is a description of my invention sufficient tol enable those skilled in the art to practise it. v

In the manufacture of that class of shoe-brushesin which each brush has bristles for removing dirt and for polishing, upon one side ofthe block, and blacking-applying bristles upon the opposite side thereof,the ends -of the' latter bristles being at such angle with the main surface of the brush as shall enable them to readily and evenly take up the blacking from a box, and the handle standing at a convenient angle to the block to enable the brush to be conveniently handled and applied, itis customary to form each brush of several parts, (besides the bristles.) the-handle being made of one piece screwed to'the main block, the polishing-bristles being applied to a. block made of a second piece, and the blocking-bristles to another block, making a third piece, eachblock being surfaced with a veneer to cover the buttsof the bristles; these veneer-s; making, with the otherV parts, wve distinct pieces of Wood used in forming the brush.

In' my improved brush, I form the handle, the back of the brush, and the blacking-bristles' block in one piece, and use this piece asthe veneer or cover to't'he main bristles-block, thereby rendering the brush far more durable, easier to use, and neuter in appearance than other brushes of this class, besides making a cheaper brush than those of the same quality made in the old'way. My invention consists in this peculiar construction. A and B, in the drawings, represent, respectively, longitudinal and transverse sections of a brush emhodying my improvements. C shows the old construction.

a denotes the main block, having its bristles, b, inserted in the usuai manner. c denotes the block for receiving and holding the blacking-bristles CZ, the surface of the block and the surface of these bristles being on an angle with the block a and bristles b, as seen at A. This block c is made in one piece with the back e, which covers the block a; and the handlef, (which sets angularlyto the brush, as seen at A,) is also made in one piece with the back e and block e, the butts of the .bristles b being covered and protected by the under surface of the block c, and the.butts ofthe bristles being similarly covered and protected by the upper surface of the block a.

In the old construction, the block h is covered by a. veneer, t', to protect its bristles 7c, and the block Z is surfaced by a veneer, m, to protect its bristles 'rt-,the bleek l being made as a separate piece, fastened to the handle o, and this handle, as a separate piece fastened to the block t, as seen at O.

I claim thecombination of the angularly-surfaced block c, the angular handlef, and the back e, all in one piece, connected to block a, substantially-as set forth.

Also, the combination of the block e, handlef, and back e, in one piece, substantially as described.

HENRY E. NEWTON.

Witnesses:

Fahrers GoULn,

J. B. CROSBY. 

